Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 14:12
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 80.2 48% 70.3 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 280 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.7% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 49.8 33% 42.4 fps	MRender 51.5 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 35 36% 44.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 79 142672640 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1976 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 137799018352 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1501 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2361 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065760 (BD) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 1435108048931 (C2) HDA temperature 35 60 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 11 142672640 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 181 8391 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63904818350876 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3652401052 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4129952438	52.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 77 Mixed 68.5 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.49 111% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146404598 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6555 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 243 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 689933844 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032839 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 129421082658 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 146404598 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97774930529276 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1591810835 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3409970779	51.3% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 82.4 Mixed 90 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 123GB free Firmware: SN11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 165826501 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37916711 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2929 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 47245450861 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 597606137892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 654 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3469 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 165826501 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 80 35035	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.9 Mixed 79.6 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.51 104% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 74%
Seagate ST31500343AS 1.5TB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 110GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111131874 (03) Spinup time 91 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 81 62 125416985 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 97 301 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3712 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 81605623828 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 243 (BE) vendor-specific 63 35 7443800784933 (C2) HDA temperature 37 65 17179869221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 18 111131874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.6% Average	Read 79.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 82.6 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 100GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135440454 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 34404890426 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 39 4153822347299 (C2) HDA temperature 35 61 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 19 135440454 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46510200878339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65922912 (F2) Unknown 100 253 986994505	38.1% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 57.5 Mixed 78.7 54% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16